Equal Protection and Race........................................................................................................ 1839. Overview..............................................................................................................................
Sugar cane plantations in the colonies of the West Indies. The older Sugar and Molasses tax charged the customer a duty of 6 pence per gallon of molasses. The bribe to customs officials per gallon of smuggled molasses was 1.5p. The new Sugar Act lowered the duty to 3p per gallon.
The act increased duties on non-British goods shipped to the colonies. Currency ActThis act prohibited American colonies from issuing their own currency, angering many American colonists.Beginnings of Colonial Opposition American colonists responded to the Sugar Act and the Currency Act with protest.